Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a 2,700-year-old black stone seal near the southern wall of the Temple Mount. This ...

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

These exiting new two-hour tours “How Jewish is Roman Jewish History” will be launched January 1, 2025. For more information ...

Josephus Flavius, "Jewish War," Alamy Stock Photo Horrified by the Temple desecration and cruelty ... Amy Briggs is executive editor of National Geographic History magazine.

Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the ...

Hanukkah, perhaps the only Jewish holiday that has been confirmed by the archaeological record, celebrates the singular, ...

January 2, is the final night of Hanukkah (Chanukah), which this year began on December 25, coinciding with Christmas. This ...

Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem after a small Jewish army called the Maccabees reclaimed it from the Greek ...

The story of Hanukkah begins in 168 B.C. when the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes banned Jewish religious practices and desecrated the Second Temple by setting up an altar to Zeus and ...